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Lady Ayer
File:Alberta aka Dee Wells.png
Born19 March, 1925
Rhode Island
Died24 June, 2003
Known forTV commentator and writer
Spouse(s)Wells
AJ "Freddie" Ayers
Childrentwo

Alberta Wells or Alberta Constance Wells; Alberta Chapman; Dee Wells or Alberta Constance Ayer, Lady Ayer (19 March, 1925 – 24 June, 2003) was an American journalist, novelist, and broadcaster.[1]

Life

Wells was born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1925.[1] She was named Alberta Constance Chapman. She served in the Canadian Army before marrying a diplomat named Wells. They married in Paris where she had been working at the US embassy. They spent two years in Burma before the marriage ended amicably.[2] The daughter from this marriage was Gully Wells who became a writer.[3]

She met the academic AJ "Freddie" Ayers in 1956 and despite his infidelity she married him in 1960.[4] At this time she had been the books editor of the Daily Express for two years. During the 1960s she was frequently on TV including as a regular on "Three After Six". The three in question were Benny Green, Alan Brien and herself. The programme would discuss the news and current affairs.[5] In 1965, the head of ITV had to apologise to the Police after her suggestion that they might let an art thief to "fall down some stairs". She wrote her forthright opinions for "The Sun" newspaper during the 1960s.

In 1973 her own novel "Jane" was published. It sold two million copies as it described the affairs of the eponymous heroine. She and her husband took up different interests and this included different partners. She moved to New York with a designer named Hylan Booker, whilst her former husband married Vanessa Lawson.

In 1989 she remarried Ayer and he died shortly afterwards. She had two children and died in 2003.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Alberta Wells, ODNB, Retrieved 25 June 2016
  2. ^ a b Dee Wells, 12 June 2003, Daily Telegraph, Retrieved 25 June 2016
  3. ^ Gully's travels, womanaroundtown.com, Retrieved 25 June 2016
  4. ^ Henry Louis Gates; Professor Emmanuel Akyeampong; Mr. Steven J. Niven (2 February 2012). Dictionary of African Biography. OUP USA. pp. 301–. ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5.
  5. ^ Amazing Depths, 14 January 1966, The Spectator, Retrieved 25 June 2016
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